The Unforgivable Sin
How it is possible? We knew that the Bible says that God forgives all our sin, Is it not contradicting itself?
Jesus said in
Matthew 12:31 “Therefore I say to you every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men. But the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks word against the son of man, it will be forgiven him: but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him. Either in this age or in the age to come.”
Some people read the verse on its own and then they don’t fully understand it. You need to read it in its context to fully understand it.
Who is Jesus talking to and why is He saying this to them?
Matthew 12:22 Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
This means the Messiah that was prophesized.
Matthew 12:22-25 Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, but the ruler of demons.” But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided itself will not stand.”
Matthew 12:25-30 If Satan casts out Satan, he I divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? And if I cast out Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.
Matthew 12:31 “Therefore I say to you every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men. But the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks word against the son of man, it will be forgiven him: but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him.”
It’s clear that Jesus was not speaking to believers, but to the Pharisees who did not want to believe in Jesus Christ as the Messiah. We need to understand that the Pharisees saw with their own eyes the truth of Jesus. The miracles He did, that He was the Messiah, and they still rejected Him and even worse. They told Him that His power is not from God, but from the devil.
So in the context, Jesus is talking about the sin of unbelief. Because if you don’t believe in Jesus Christ then you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. So you can’t be forgiven that. But that unforgivable sin is more than that.
The unforgivable Sin includes three things
1. A clear knowledge of who Jesus is, and of the Holy Spirit’s power that works through Him
2. An intentional rejection of the true facts about Jesus Christ which the Pharisees knew
3. Falsely saying that the miracles and work of the Holy Spirit in Jesus is of the devil.
